JASON CHIA VUI KHEN v HR EASILY PTE. LTD.

Case Significance

Chia Vui Khen Jason v HR Easily Pte Ltd [2024] SGHC 116 was decided by the General Division of the High Court of Singapore, with Christopher Tan JC reserving judgment on 3 May 2024 after hearing Companies' Winding Up No 226 of 2023 on 26 March 2024. The defendant, HR Easily Pte Ltd, is a firm offering human resource software and information technology solutions. The claimant, Jason Chia Vui Khen, was employed as the defendant's Head of Corporate Development, having commenced working for the defendant in January 2020 at a monthly salary of $12,000, until his employment was terminated. He claimed that at the point of termination the defendant owed him unpaid salary totalling $145,161.30, alleging that slightly over a year into his employment he stopped receiving his salary, beginning with February 2021. The claimant served a statutory demand for this sum under section 125(2)(a) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (2020 Rev Ed), and upon the defendant's failure to satisfy it in full, filed the application to wind up the defendant. Christopher Tan JC dismissed the winding-up application. The claimant was represented by Premier Law LLC, including Lin Yuankai and Toh Yunyuan Selina, while the defendant was represented by Forte Law LLC.